Bulldog Rescue are the original breed rescue for Bulldogs, established in 1978 it's been running for over 40 years
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2019Bulldog Rescue Launch "Trevor's Treaty" in an effort to improve the health of badly bred bulldogs for profit http://www.bulldogrescue.org.uk/TrevorsTreaty

The Midhurst kennel welcomes Carrie to the team

2018Bulldog Rescue take part in the BBCs documentary "Saving the British Bulldog"

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Bulldog Rescue train Battersea Staff in the care of Bulldogs as the numbers of Bulldogs needing help increases
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Bulldog Rescue help their 3,000th bulldog since taking over in 2001.
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Leave us a Legacy

Did you know that you can continue to help Bulldog Rescue after you've gone?

By leaving a legacy in your will to us you will be helping us deal with some of the bigger issues we face every day. Legacies allow us to update our equipment, improve the conditions in our kennels or just help towards feeding the dogs in our care.

Don't forget your dogs

What's going to happen to your dogs when you're gone. You can leave instructions in your will for Bulldog Rescue to take care of your bulldogs so your family know exactly how to treat them too. So many dogs are abandoned or taken to the dogs home, or end up with family members who don't really want them.

All it takes is a simple clause instructing that care of your pets is handed over to Bulldog Rescue after your death. We will do our best to look after your bulldog and do everything we can to find them a loving new home.

The Bulldog Rescue Home for Life service is based on the RSPCA equivilent and will offer you peace of mind that you have made arrangements for the care of your bulldog. All you need to do is inform your solicitor by taking this letter along when you make your will

Talk to your solicitor when making your will about the different types of legacy you can leave us or how to ensure your bulldog is taken care of

You will receive no direct marketing or stewardship of any kind at any time from Bulldog Rescue

Legacies – securing the future of rescuing and rehoming bulldogs

The Bulldog Rescue & Rehoming Trust helps about 200 bulldogs every year − that’s one every two days. At any one time we have about 80 bulldogs in our system.

The reason why these wonderful friends will always need our help is due to modern life. Bulldogs are generally rehomed owing to their owners’ altered circumstances.

One of the easiest ways to help secure the Trust’s future is to include a legacy in your Will. Most charities receive about a third of their income from legacies.

Everyone should have an up to date Will. A Will means you can determine what happens to your money, property and belongings. It gives you peace of mind – and it also saves your close family unnecessary anxiety at an unavoidably distressing time.

A legacy costs you nothing now. Indeed, it’s an opportunity to make a significant gift which you might not be able to consider during your lifetime − a wonderful legacy to be remembered by.

Writing your Will is easy

The Trust advises you to have your Will written by a solicitor. It’s easy to find one if you have access to the Internet − just go to http://solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk and enter your location, and a list of solicitors nearest to you will appear. If you want to be sure to choose a solicitor who writes Wills on a regular basis, you can use the Areas of service button and choose Private client - wills and probate.

If you have a solicitor already and would like them to write your Will, just make an appointment.

It might be useful to take the completed Will Planner with you.

“What do I have to think about?”

One of the main reasons people don’t get round to writing their Will is that they worry that it’s complicated. Our Will Planner helps you to consider all the key questions. The solicitor’s job is to turn your wishes into the appropriate legal language.

Without an up to date Will, the government’s intestacy laws decide what happens to your money and property – sometimes with outcomes you won’t have expected. Having a Will avoids that.

What kind of gift can I make?

There are three main types of legacy that people leave:

a cash sum (known as a pecuniary legacy) – for example £500 or £5000;

a share of your estate (known as a residuary legacy) which means that, having made all your other gifts to family and friends, you leave the rest to your favourite cause;

a specific legacy – it could be jewellery, a stamp collection, art or property.

A share of your estate is an easy way to benefit the Trust. It means you don’t have to decide exactly how much you want to leave. Instead, you state all the other gifts you want to leave to family and friends and then leave a percentage of what remains (the residue) to the Trust. The solicitor will discuss the options with you.

How does making a Will and leaving a legacy help?

The Trust relies on a network of dedicated volunteers who home-check and collect bulldogs for rehoming and fostering, supported by a small central staff. This lean but efficient arrangement enables us to do everything on a budget of less than £90,000 a year. Veterinary fees comprise a third of that.

The Trust will be able to use your gift to continue its work way into the future. You might want to earmark your legacy for a specific project, but it’s probably best if you can leave the trustees of the charity to decide its best use when the time comes.

A guide to how we spend our money:

£600 would feed a bulldog for a year

£1500 would heat 10 kennels over winter or have 10 fostered bulldogs checked by a vet

£2000 would meet our veterinary fees for a whole month.

A legacy is a fantastic way to support the work of the Bulldog Rescue & Rehoming Trust. Please consider a legacy in your Will − and, so we can acknowledge your wonderful gesture, please let us know.

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If you are considering including a legacy to the Trust in your Will and would like more information on our work, please Contact Us.